Carlene Foster's Gallery : Pieced Blockshttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/g/carlene_foster/tags/Pieced+Blocks/default.aspxTags: Pieced BlocksenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)Tumalo Trail (another Bonnie Hunter pattern)http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/686838.aspxSun, 26 Oct 2014 15:24:27 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:686838Carlene Foster1<p>Tumalo Trail pattern is contained in Scraps and Shirttails II, by Bonnie K. Hunter.&nbsp; I made mine one row longer and made the piano keys 6 inches long, instead of 5 inches.&nbsp; The dimensions on mine wer 95 x 75 when finished.&nbsp; A great way to use those 1.5 inch strips and squares leftover from previous projects.&nbsp; This one took an additional 54 matching 4x4 squares to make the half square triangles in the block design.&nbsp;&nbsp; I had lots of singular little pieces, but you can strip piece the 9 patch components if you don&#39;t have the tiny pieces.</p>Pineapple delighthttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/686836.aspxSun, 26 Oct 2014 15:13:55 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:686836Carlene Foster2<p>I&#39;m also referring to this as waste not, want not stitching.&nbsp; Paper pieced blocks measured 6.5 x 6.5 unfinished.&nbsp; There were 20 pieces per block.&nbsp; Plus sashings, plus the little 1.5 inch squares to separate the sashings.&nbsp; By the time I got this many blocks completed, I decided I could live with a laptop size. :)&nbsp; I also could live with using some already cut border fabric left over from another project.&nbsp; I just love bright and cheery quilts.</p>Fractured Berry Patchhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/679872.aspxSun, 28 Sep 2014 13:48:17 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:679872Carlene Foster1<p>Judy Neimeyer&#39;s Fracture Paint Box paper piecing pattern done in a regular jelly roll (berry mixture) with navy blue accents.&nbsp; I bought 3 yards of the border fabric and cut a few extra pieces, as a regular jelly roll is 4 strips short of what a &quot;special&quot; Judy Niemeyer jelly roll contains.&nbsp; It also helped tie the border to the jelly roll prints, as the age of the jelly roll kept me from matching anything exactly.</p>Chasing after the starshttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/679871.aspxSun, 28 Sep 2014 13:41:09 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:679871Carlene Foster4<p>My black and white stash collided with my brand new Hunter&#39;s Star ruler.&nbsp; This was the result.&nbsp; </p>Floribundahttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/657867.aspxFri, 11 Jul 2014 13:14:34 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:657867Carlene Foster1<p>I intended this to be a use of my flowered fabric stash that would use the floribunda pattern that Bonnie Hunter shared with the quiltville following.&nbsp; Somewhere along the line, I recreated the pattern in my head (hmmmmm....dyslexia?) and this is how it turned out.&nbsp; Not quite the same, but still the same end result...the flowered fabric stash is a little lighter. :)</p>Celtic Solstace 2013 Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilthttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/601364.aspxSat, 04 Jan 2014 00:22:38 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:601364Carlene Foster9<p>This is the largest quilt I have ever made.... 114 x 114.&nbsp; Considering that orange, yellow and lime green are not my comfort zone colors all at the same time, this was a total leap of faith for me.&nbsp; Thanks Bonnie!</p>Secret Garden 2013 BOMhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/600099.aspxTue, 31 Dec 2013 19:05:52 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:600099Carlene Foster0<p>I actually signed up for 3 different BOM&#39;s in 2013.&nbsp; This is the second to finish, the first was the one with the tulips.&nbsp; The third won&#39;t finish until March 2014.&nbsp; This is a Marti Michel pattern and used her templates.&nbsp; We were told the fabric was also her design to go with this quilt.&nbsp; There was one color that I absolutely could not tolerate...it was kind of a salmony/brownish pink.&nbsp; I substituted the light blue for all the blocks except one.&nbsp; Not certain if I just didn&#39;t have the blue fabric yet or if I just slipped up.&nbsp; I guess that block will remind me of the reason I did not follow true to the selection this time around.&nbsp; I have, after the 2011 batik BOM that languished in a couple different bags until Thanksgiving of the year, that all BOM quilt tops will be finished before I start another one.&nbsp; I started this one in January 2013, and finished it 12/30/2013.&nbsp; Now, it only needs to be quilted.</p>Tonga Rhapsody BOMhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/592087.aspxFri, 29 Nov 2013 15:22:07 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:592087Carlene Foster0<p>Ever run into one of those patterns that just kind of intimidates you out of finishing it?&nbsp; This was my come uppance.&nbsp; I started this BOM in early 2011 (I found a receipt, as I forgot how long I have been avoiding this one)&nbsp; I thought I still had block 12 to complete, as well as the finishing kit.&nbsp; Pleasant surprise was, all 12 blocks were complete and in the kit...ahhhhhhhh, the kit.&nbsp; I&#39;ve shuffled that box a few times now and said &quot;another day&quot;....&nbsp; Putting the blocks together took me 2 1.2 days of all my waking hours.&nbsp; I sewed and unsewed, then sewed again.&nbsp; This quilt top was the one that made me promise I would complete every BOM as soon as the 12th block was available.&nbsp; I never wanted another getting stale like this one did.&nbsp; It was those zig zag sections in the middle of the quilt that had me dazed.&nbsp; I ended up having to cut one more, and I had 4 other perfectly good pieces that will end up going into something scrappy...&nbsp; Although effective, there has to be an easier way to accomplish that part.&nbsp; However, not this woman, not this day, maybe not this lifetime.&nbsp; But...seriously????????????&nbsp; The process was 3 2 1/2 inch strips sewn together, cut on the bias, then you add the corner pieces and square them up.&nbsp; All fine and dandy....try it sometime.&nbsp; My pieces were too long after I cut and before I put the corners on.&nbsp; Then, there were those triangular setting pieces.&nbsp; They were done in a half a log cabin block, then you had to trim.&nbsp; The directions called for a 12 1/2 inch base, without giving the heighth.&nbsp; You could not come up with 12 1.2 inches without cutting off part of the stinky little 4 patches at the pointy part.&nbsp; Seriously?&nbsp; No one could supply a template for this in a $30 pattern?&nbsp; The pain of the think session is too fresh.&nbsp; LOL&nbsp; <br />And this was why I didn&#39;t finish this one sooner........</p>Double Dutch Chocolatehttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/591554.aspxMon, 25 Nov 2013 19:02:41 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:591554Carlene Foster1<p>Milk chocolate and white chocolate....I like the combination. :)&nbsp; I have had this quilt on my bucket list since I saw the cover of the book on Ebay.&nbsp; It&#39;s actually strip pieced, so it went together very quickly.&nbsp; I just was attracted to the simplicity of it.&nbsp; The one drawback has always been that I don&#39;t ever have 7 1/2 yards of any one fabric on hand, which is where the brown came in.&nbsp; I have maybe 2 3 inch wide WOF strips left of the brown:&nbsp; that is it.&nbsp; Finished size was 98x98.&nbsp; The pattern called for a 4x5 grid, I made mine 5x5 by adding only a total of 1/4 yard of the brown fabric.&nbsp; Best part....the solids were only $3.99 a yard. :)</p>Christmas 2013 (sampler)http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/591300.aspxSun, 24 Nov 2013 00:01:00 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:591300Carlene Foster0<p>Every now and then, I get roped into doing a sample quilt for the shop.&nbsp; This was one of them.&nbsp; It started as a panel with the light tan fabric, then used a group of fabrics&nbsp; to flesh it out.&nbsp; When the last kit sells, or one year goes by, I get my sample back.&nbsp; The last kit sold today, so when I went in to pick up the other quilt, I found out this one was coming home too. :)&nbsp; So, today was a two-fer kind of day for me.&nbsp; Unfortunately, not two-fer the price of one, but making samples gets a discount on something I probably would have done anyway.&nbsp; </p>Grandma Got run over by a reindeer...I got the hoof prints to prove which onehttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/591298.aspxSat, 23 Nov 2013 23:53:57 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:591298Carlene Foster1<p>This is a B2B quilt pattern done in reindeer print.&nbsp; A little tricky, keeping the deer all going one direction, as in you have to watch how you sew the sections closely.&nbsp; B2B is a very basic pattern.&nbsp; I bought the quilt kit at my local quilt shop about 3 years ago, and finally finished it.&nbsp; Just got it back from the long-armer and put on the binding today.&nbsp; The back of the quilt is another one, but the fabrics were more subtle, so I didn&#39;t like it is a top by itself.&nbsp; The quilting is actually antlers and hoof prints...Sometimes, you just gotta have fun.</p>Optical Illusion...cherries tossedhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/588611.aspxMon, 11 Nov 2013 05:35:27 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:588611Carlene Foster11<p>I saw one of these done in blues and thought &quot;ho hum&quot;.&nbsp; So, I used a cherry swirl fabric and am having trouble focussing on the front of it for any length of time.&nbsp; I think my eyes are on cherry overload.&nbsp; The borders are next, then there are star apliques to complete it.&nbsp; I am at a stage now where I have to figure out how to cut a 49 1/2 inch square out of this before I can put the borders on.&nbsp; My problem was that all I can see are the twisty red parts.&nbsp; I&#39;m thnking tissue paper....</p>
<p>I changed the pattern and cut out some freehand hearts instead of the stars that the pattern used.&nbsp; Now I think it should be called &quot;Love is the ultimate optical illusion.&quot;</p>
<p>&nbsp;Too dreary a day to take it outside for pictures.&nbsp; All quilted and bound and ready to go 2/27/2014.</p>Scrapalicious #2http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/581812.aspxWed, 16 Oct 2013 16:16:52 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:581812Carlene Foster9<p>I was given a kitchen size garbage bag full of scraps over the weekend.&nbsp; So, once again, I am abundant in scraps to create with.&nbsp; (Sad part of this is, this is the first time someone has added to my own scrap pile. :))&nbsp; This is another Bonnie Hunter pattern called &quot;Cathedral Stars&quot;.&nbsp; I&#39;m definitely a fan of hers, since I still posess an abundance of 2x2 squares.&nbsp; I had one yard of the red and one yard of the black in my stash for the pieced center.&nbsp; The black setting triangles were out of the donated scraps (I had to substitute 2 of the setting triangles from my black stash), the blue outer border was a yard from my stash, which I had to add a piece of similar color value fabric from the stars to complete the border.&nbsp; The red inner border is from the same yard that I used in the piece center.&nbsp; &nbsp;No one will ever have one quite like this one.&nbsp; That might be a good thing.&nbsp; </p>Scrapalicioushttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/579688.aspxWed, 09 Oct 2013 13:04:52 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:579688Carlene Foster8<p>One would think that I would eventually run out of scraps.&nbsp; I have found they are like a batch of pennies in the bottom of a woman&#39;s purse....put them in a dark place, out of sight, out of mind, and they multiply!!!!!!!!&nbsp; So, I have been scouring Bonnie Hunter&#39;s free patterns to see what kind of scrap quilt catches my fancy today.&nbsp; This is the &quot;16 Patch and Pinwheels&quot; pattern.&nbsp; Mine is 15x15, which makes it 90 x 90 without any additional borders.&nbsp; Unfortunately (or fortunately, however you look at it) I have barely put a dent in my 2 x 2 bag of scraps.&nbsp; I&#39;m looking for another to work on now. :)&nbsp; To border or not to border this quilt remains a decision for another day. :)</p>Debatablehttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/577953.aspxFri, 04 Oct 2013 15:11:04 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:577953Carlene Foster3<p>This started out as a Bonnie Hunter Smith Mountain Morning.&nbsp; However, I didn&#39;t have the pattern at that time and I ended up taking a turn of my own.&nbsp; The brown strips are all a 3-D element on the quilt top, and are not fastened down anywhere except where they fit into the seams (side and ends).&nbsp; Still debating on how to quilt it, and whether I want those brown accents all to be pulled one direction or laid flat.&nbsp; That&#39;s the debatable part.&nbsp; Suggestions?</p>